CAIE S1 2018 June — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicData representation
TypeDraw histogram then perform calculations

5 The lengths, \(t\) minutes, of 242 phone calls made by a family over a period of 1 week are summarised in the frequency table below.
Length of phone
call \(( t\) minutes \()\)
\(0 < t \leqslant 1\)\(1 < t \leqslant 2\)\(2 < t \leqslant 5\)\(5 < t \leqslant 10\)\(10 < t \leqslant 30\)
Frequency1446102\(a\)40
  1. Find the value of \(a\).
  2. Calculate an estimate of the mean length of these phone calls.
  3. On the grid, draw a histogram to illustrate the data in the table.
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